Greek pop star's sex tape welcome relief from financial crisis

Greece may be in the midst of a financial crisis but the country has decided to focus their attention on a sex tape featuring pop star Julia Alexandratou.

By Chris Irvine

Julia Alexandratou

While Europe's finance ministers have agreed how to help Greece's beleaguered finances, Alexandratou's 45-minute tape has gained attention after reportedly grossing the equivalent of £4.5 million in the space of 10 days.
Alexandratou, 23, who is half-English, has done various model shoots as well as a number of music videos, including the 2007 single 'The Target is Cash', which featured a racy video of its own.
But the new footage, which features the singer in a whirlpool bath with an as-yet unidentified man, has prompted a new-found interest in...
the singer, with merchandise in her likeness being sold, including Easter candles. The tape has also attracted remarks from the Greek parliament, as well as comedians and talk show hosts.
Speaking to The Independent, the singer, who claims the recording was for private use, said: "It's a big scandal in Greece, it's the first time a Greek celebrity did something like this and it got out."
The sex tape has proved a welcome distraction for Greece, whose current economic woes are threatening to destabilise the entire eurozone economic bloc.
But following a meeting in Brussels, the 16 eurozone countries said they have now agreed how they would help Greece should it prove necessary